a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, has announced the hiring of Jamie Vaughan as Head of European Sales for Cvent's Event Cloud platform, which offers the solutions organisations need to automate and simplify the entire event planning process and maximize the impact of their meetings programme.

Recognized as an industry innovator, Knowland has significantly expanded its product offerings in the last 18 months by introducing a series of next-generation, analytics-based solutions that help customers find, evaluate, pitch, and win the best groups and meetings business.

He's also active with the HFTP Florida Treasure Coast Chapter.As part of his service, Conti will represent HFTP at industry events and also meet with HFTP members at chapter meetings and educational conferences in the United States and across the globe as a means to lead the association in carrying out its strategic goals.

The Hotel School Sydney begins the new academic year with an addition to the academic staff - Lecturer David Scott - whose teaching subjects will be Contemporary Tourism Issues and Conventions, Meetings and Exhibitions Management.

He has also served as principal consultant with Rickyard Solutions, co-founder of Business Meetings International (which was acquired by Cendyn), and Vice President of Enterprise Connectivity - Global with eRevMax.